MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 19:52
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	TUN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 208 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 572 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 116 100 2932 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1460 (A6) Unknown 100 100 241 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 293 (A9) Unknown 100 100 28 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 280 (AE) Unknown 100 100 153 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 274877906983 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 9 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 57820 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13689 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14065	72.5% Very good	Read 485 Write 359 Mixed 406 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 4.47 90% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 21 54% 107 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 86%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 41GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5847 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1061 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 137 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 48 223338954784 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2793157693 (F7) Unknown 100 100 87450207 (F8) Unknown 100 100 170809921 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1261 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	75.5% Very good	Read 476 Write 288 Mixed 313 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 21.9 98% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 37.4 76% 154 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 95%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 266GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 125 3608 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3555 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1052 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3428 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46.1% Average	Read 76.5 Write 83.9 Mixed 75.2 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.9% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 10.8 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 89%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,432x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16